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W. J. OSTERMAN.

SPOUN. N0. 510,286. Patented D6 0. 5 1893.

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SPQONQ SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 510,286, dated December 5, 1893.

duplication filed July 20, 18931 To all whom it nuty concern;

lie it known that L WILLIAM J. ()S'I'ERMAN, of Richmond, in the county of llenrico and State of Virginia, have invented a new and 5 useful Improvement in Spoons, oi which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in spoons and particularly in scraping devices by which to clean the spoon of any sticky material such as creamed potatoes, which may he dipped up thereby and the invention has for an object to providecsim pie construction which may be conveniently applied to any ordinary spoon, will present no great difficulty in cleaning,

: will press the scraper proper firmly to the spoon throughout itsstrolre, operate to retain the scraper in any adjustment to which it may be set along the spoon bowl, and willalso tend to prevent lateral play of the scraper :0 The invention consists in the special constructions and coinlii nations of parts as will he hereinafter descrihed and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings-Figure i. is a perspective :5 View of a spoon provided with my improve ments. Fig. 2 isa detail view of the scraper and its shank. 3 is a detail view of the spoon handle and Fig. e is a detail section on about line 4-4 Fig 1.

0 The spoon A may have its handle ii and bowl Cot ordinary form and construction, On the upper side of the handle I provide upper and lower guides D and E having openings (1 and cfor the shank of the scraper. The open- 5 ing 6 in the guide E is made in slot form and is elongated laterally or in a direction parallel to the plane of the spoon handle for the purpose described hcreinaften The scraper F has its lower edge f con 0 formed to the curvature of the spoon bowl and has its shank G fixed rigidly to it. This shank slides in the guides D and E and has between said guidesa handle projection g which serves as a stop to limit the movement of the scraper 5 shank and also as a handle in sliding the shank. The portion 1 of the shank between the projection g and the scraper is flattened Serial No. 481,017. 4N0 mmleLl transversely and his the opening e in the guide E so that it may slide longitudinally in said opening. The end of the portion 1 oiihe 5o shank next to the scraper proper is normally depressed so that when the scraper is applied thereto and the parts are adjusted in place on a spoon the scraper will be given a tension against the spoon bowl causing it to hugs-aid howl closely as it is moved therealong', 'lhe flattening-of the shank portion l. transversely operates advantageously in producing" this tension and also in preventing any lateral play ot the scraperasthe tittingof the said portion 1 in the opening r tends to prevent the turning of the scraper shank This tension of the scraper a ztinst the spoon howl is further desirable asit permitsthe scraper to be retained in any adjustment alongthe bowl so that it may be set to measure powdereih or seini= fluid substances In use the spoon may he used with one hand the thumb cngagingthe handle projection of the scraper shank and operating the scraper 7o back and fortlL Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The improved spoon herein described provided upon the upper side of its handle with upper and lower guides the opening 6 of the lower guide being elongated laterally in a line parallel with the plane of the spoon handle, the scraper conformed at its lower edge to the spoon how], and the scraper shank held in said. upper and lower guides, provided be tween the same with a handle projection and having its portion 1 between said handle por' tion and the scraper proper flattened transcversely and fitted in the elongated epeninge of the lower guide all constructed and adapted for use substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

WILLIAM J. OS"E1't1\IAN,

Witnesses:

FRANK. D. MILLER, VTLLIAM Ween SYDNOIL 

